The Syndicate

Epignosis wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:01 pm

G-Man wrote: ↑Wed Jul 18, 2018 9:47 pm Next up: the thesaurus.

I've already read it.

How was it?

That's encouraging. I've spent the last 6 months absorbing everything Joseph Campbell ever said, and he mentions Joyce as one of his favorite writers a lot so I'm motivated to get through it. I could have probably picked something more accessible to start, but where's the fun in that? Also Ulysses is all I've got.

I got through three chapters of Ulysses, but each was more difficult to grasp than the last. I figured I could delay my confusion by getting reacquainted with the allusions.

I started reading Ulysses, but felt like it had been too long since I last read The Odyssey, and then remembered I never finished The Iliad when I picked it up a few years ago. I've spent the weekend diving into Homer so that I can finally introduce myself to Joyce later.

I like a good story
I'm reading Paradise Lost mainly because i'm about to graduate college with a degree in English, but i've gone my entire academic career without reading it, one of the biggest fixtures in the English canon. It did not feel right. I have enjoyed it so far.

you're the mod!

I need help, Syndicate! I just got back from a wonderful two week vacation during which I did no reading at all. Before I left, I had just finished book 6 of Paradise Lost. While I was on vacation, however, I found in a book store "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" by JRR Tolkien, and obscure piece of nerdity that I've been wanting to get my hands on for a number of years. It's a lovely day outside and something needs to be read. Do I continue with Milton, or do I indulge in my Tolkien excitement?